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January 1, 2000

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  1. Lead Belly: The Midnight Special Last Sessions SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS SFCD-40068/71

  2. Tommy Makem & Ensemble: Auld Lang Syne (WFMT NYE Party 1/1/00) WFMT recording

  3. Original Broadway Cast: Age of Aquarius (Ragni-Rado/MacDermot) Hair RCA 1150-2-RC

  4. Edith Piaf: Milord (J.Moustaki/M.Monnot) Columbia 45 rpm

  5. The Weavers (Hamilton & Darling): San Francisco Bay Blues (Jesse Fuller) Reunion at Carnegie Hall - 1963 VANGUARD VSD 2150

  6. Arlo Guthrie: Guabi Guabi (trad/Guthrie) Amigo Koch KOC-CD-7954

  7. John McCutcheon: Water From Another Time Gonna Rise Again ROUNDER 0222

  8. Jean Shepherd: The Human Comedy Jean Shepherd and other foibles Elektra EKL 172

  9. Phil Ochs: Outside a Small Circle of Friends Farewells & Fantasies Elektra R2-73518

  10. Joan Baez: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (J.Robbie Robertson) Rare, Live & Classic VANGUARD VCD3-125/27

  11. Charlotte Rae: The Merry Minuet (Sheldon Harnick) Songs I Taught My Mother VANGUARD VRS-9004

  12. John Forster: Article Nine Entering Marion PHILO CDPH 1164

  13. Lou & Peter Berryman: Glorious Prediction Some Kinda Funny Cornbelt CR11 (Box 3452, Madison, WI 53704)

  14. Original Cast: The End of the World Beyond the Fringe Angel ZDM 64771

  15. Bob Gibson & Shel Silverstein: Still Gonna Die (Shel Silverstein) Makin' a Mess Asylum 61697-2

  16. Monty Python: Spam The Worst/Best . . .Monty Python Buddah BDS 5656-2

  17. Yuri Rasovsky: The Chicago Language Tape private pressing

  18. Aliotta-Haynes-Jeremiah: Lake Shore Drive (Haynes/von Heitlinger) Lake Shore Drive Quicksilver QSCD-1019 (6060 Canby Ave., Reseda, CA 91335)

  19. Win Stracke: The 43rd Ward Songs of Old Town Flair S-912

  20. Art Thieme: Rivers of Illinois (Down By the Embarrass) (trad/Win Stracke) Songs of the Heartland Kicking Mule KM148

  21. Woody Guthrie: This Land Is Your Land This Land Is Your Land SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS SFCD40100

  22. Big Bill Broonzy: Alberta (trad) Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs Folkways FA 2328

  23. Bob Dylan: Spanish Is the Loving Tongue (trad) Dylan Columbia PC 32747

  24. Steve Goodman: Jock O'Hazeldean (trad) (WFMT NYE Party 1974) WFMT recording

  25. Sally Rogers w/ Claudia Schmidt: Lovely Agnes (Rogers) Closing the Distance FLYING FISH FF 70425

  26. Martin Mull: Men The American Comedy Box RHINO R2 71617

  27. Peter Alsop: Hopelessly Heterosexual Uniforms FLYING FISH FF-256

  28. Monty Python: Lumberjack Song The Monty Python Instant Record Collection Arista ARCD-8296

  29. Nichols & May: Mysteriouso Improvisations to Music Mercury 314 558 455-2

  30. Kingston Trio: MTA (Will Holt) An Evening With The Kingston Trio FOLK ERA FE2064CD

  31. Burns & Schreiber: The Cab Driver and the Conventioneer In One Head and Out The Other - The New Emerging Bigot Columbia C 324425

  32. Tom Dundee: A Delicate Balance Lyfe Tyme A Rhyme Flyte FR4444 (email.)

  33. Fred Holstein: Touch Me (Bruce Phillips) Chicago and Other Ports PHILO 1030

  34. Bok-Muir-Trickett: Good Wish (Harmon) Good Wish Timberhead THD CD006 (PO Box 840, Camden, ME 04843)

  35. Judy Collins: From a Distance (Julie Gold) Fires of Eden Sony A 33875

  36. Stefan Smith: Peace On Earth Now's the Time ROUNDER 11661-3167-2

  37. Slaid Cleaves: One Good Year Broke Down PHILO 11671-1225-2

  38. Peter Sellers: A Hard Day's Night (Lennon/McCartney) A Celebration of Sellers EMI 7243 8 27781 2 7

  39. The Weavers: Goodnight Irene (Lead Belly /arr.Weavers) Wasn't That a Time VANGUARD VCD4-147/50

  40. Tom Paxton: Ramblin' Boy The Best of Tom Paxton RHINO R2 73515

  41. Stan Rogers: Down the Road (Mary McCaslin) From Coffee House to Concert Hall Fogarty's Cove FCM 012D (23 Hillside Ave.S., Dundas, Ontario, L9H 4H7, Canada)

  42. Jean Redpath: Auld lang syne (Robt.Burns/PD) Songs of Robert Burns, Vol. 3 JeanRedpath JR-105 (PO Box 68336, Tucson, AZ 85737)

  43. Anita Silvert: All Roads Converge Midwest Girl Balancing Act BAM-003 P.O. Box 512, Yardley, PA 19067 (215-369-0220) or email.

Performer is composer unless otherwise noted. Song is album title unless otherwise noted. Album titles are in italics, composers in parens ( ).

These concerts were mentioned on the program:

Ray Wylie Hubbard will perform in an Acoustic Renaissance Concert at the Unitarian Church of Hinsdale, 17 W. Maple, Saturday, January 8 at 8. 708-802-0236

Bryan Bowers at a Hogeye Folk Arts concert at the Lake Street Church, Chicago & Lake Streets, Evanston, Saturday, January 8 at 7:30. 847-475-6165

Lee Murdock's annual Home Town Concert, with special guest Joe Hickerson, at the Kaneville Community Center, Main St. at Harter Rd., Kaneville, Saturday, January 8 at 7:30. 630-557-2329 or email.

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